BookNikant Sabharwal, Parthiban Arumugam and Andrew Kelion.
Summary: Readable, practical and concise, this self-contained guide to nuclear cardiology provides a foundation of essential knowledge for practitioners from any background. Including technical and clinical aspects of the subspecialty this fully updated handbook offers a core knowledge of nuclear cardiology ideal for use in a clinical setting.
Contents:
Introduction to nuclear cardiology
Radiation physics, biology, and protection
The gamma camera
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Radionuclide ventriculography
Introduction to myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Stress testing for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Radiopharmaceuticals used in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: image interpretation
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: clinical value
Imaging with iodine-123-labelled radiopharmaceuticals
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET).